Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 29th Jul 2007 19:02 UTC, submitted by flanque
"Red Flag Linux has turned out to be little more than a key bargaining chip in a high stakes game of commerce between the Chinese government and the world's largest software maker. Thanks to some major concessions on source code and a precipitous price drop, the Chinese government has now thoroughly embraced Windows and Office. And thanks to a major about-face in the way that it deals with piracy, Microsoft has also won over the Chinese people."
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Member since:2005-07-06
It's all about money. No different then telling Americans that cigarettes are bad for Americans then funding American companies to go to "Third World" countries and sell stronger versions of the same thing.
Or more correctly, decry the tobacco companies then subsidise it through agricultural subsidies.
Member since:2005-11-10
Very true. I am American and I love America but no one or country is perfect. We do our fair share of dirt.
No one noticed our dirt as much when there were 2 super powers and we were the best choice out of the 2 (Lesser of two evils)
But now that Russia is on the sidelines our dirt is starting to surface.
This is just an example of our "We'll deal with you and whatever you do wrong so long as we have a need for you." Way of doing things.
And this is not Microsoft being bad! All Americans buy from China so we all support the same thing. Me included.
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Yeah, I am sure there are a lot pro Democracy people running around all the middle east countries we are friends with and buy oil from.
It's all about money. No different then telling Americans that cigarettes are bad for Americans then funding American companies to go to "Third World" countries and sell stronger versions of the same thing.